Great People 1501-Now

Cortés - Conqueror of MexicoWhen one considers that Cortés conquered Mexico with only a small army of conquistadors, some horses, and some firepower, it is a fantastic and hard to believe story. Cortés was gifted in using any advantag

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) was an english statesman and leader. He led the puritans as general to victory in the civil war against King Charles I and gave all authority to the parliament. But in 1653 he took the power himself and ruled as lord protector

Tokugawa Ieyasu January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616 was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan , which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Ieyasu seized power in 1600, received appoin

Catherine II , also known as Catherine the Great. She reigned as Empress of Russia from 9 July 1762 after the assassination of her husband, Peter III. Under her direct auspices the Russian Empire expanded, improved its administration, and continued to mod

This film is the first part of a Soviet biography of Peter the Great, the Tsar who began the process of modernization and westernization, thus making Russia the first developing country.Born: May 30, 1672, Moscow, died: January 28, 1725, St. Petersburg. C

Elizabeth Tudor: The Red Rose of the House of Tudor.Elizabeth I - the last Tudor monarch - was born at Greenwich on 7 September 1533, the daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn.Her early life was full of uncertainties, and her chances of